Talkin' Hampton Roads

Rambling out of the sweet Midwest
Leaving the towns that I love the best
Thought I'd seen some ups and downs
Til' I come into Norfolk town.
Roads goin' under the ground
Buildings goin up to the sky...

Summertime in Norfolk town
No wind to blow the heat around
Walk around with nowhere to go
Somebody could melt right to the bone
I melted to the bone
Virginian Pilot said it was the hottest summer in 17 years,
I didn't feel so hot then.

Well, I got a med school job, begun to play,
Beatin' my brains out for a dollar a day.
I learned inside out and upside down.
The man there said he loved m' thoughts,
He was ravin' about how he loved m' thoughts;
Dollar a day's worth.

Now, a very great man once said
That some people rob you with a fountain pen.
It didn't take too long to find out
Just what he was talkin' about.
A lot of students don't have many books on their desk
But they got a lot of syllabi n' notes,
And they gotta learn somethin'.

So one mornin' when my learnin's done
I'll ramble out of Norfolk town
Pull my cap down over my eyes
And head out for the western skies
So long, Hampton Roads
Howdy, who knows where

*This is a rip-off of a Bob Dylan folk song, "Talkin' New York," from 1962, and if you knew the song, you'd find this post mildly amusing. But, nobody I know would know this song... so it's kind of lost on all you fine folk, isn't it...